Red Wheel Sites
| Location | Date Unveiled | Inscription | Red Wheel Image |
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| Kelvin Aqueduct & Maryhill locks | 24/05/2024 |
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| Kilmarnock and Troon Railway | 19/11/2021 |
The Kilmarnock & Troon Railway Opened 1812 as a horse-drawn 4 ft-gauge plateway – the first in Scotland to convey passengers. Converted 1846 to a contemporary railway. |
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| Kingsway Tram Subway | 31/01/2023 |
Northern end of a cross-London tram link showing, between the tracks, the unusual conduit power supply |
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| Lambley Viaduct | 17/06/2010 |
Completed in 1851 by the Newcastle & Carlisle Railway |
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| Leamington Lift Bridge, Edinburgh | 14/07/2021 |
Erected over the Union Canal at Fountainbridge in 1906. Relocated in 1923 whan the canal was cut back from Port Hopetoun to the Lochrin Basin |
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| Leighton Buzzard Light Railway | 24/08/2017 |
Britain’s last substantial 2 ft gauge industrial railway opened 20 November 1919 to transport casting sand from Double Arches sand quarries. |
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| Leith Tramways Depot, Edinburgh | 10/04/2024 |
This 1938 Modern Movement building held offices for the tram depot that stood behind it, where electric trams were stabled until 1956. |
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| Lepe Beach | 19/04/2011 |
Site of ‘Mulberry’ harbour construction and start of the ‘PLUTO’ fuel pipeline – both vital to the success of the 1944 Normandy landings |
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| Lickey Incline |
LICKEY INCLINE Opened in 1840 by the Birmingham & Gloucester Railway. With a 1 in 37 gradient over 2 miles, this is the steepest sustained main-line railway incline in the UK |
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| Lincoln St. Marks Station | 15/09/2021 |
Opened 1846 as the Lincoln Terminus of the Midland Railway - the first to reach the city. Re-named 1950 and closed 1985 |
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